{"id":3224,"date":"2020-07-20T15:53:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/?page_id=3224"},"modified":"2020-07-20T16:50:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T15:50:17","slug":"jamie-edwards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/role-models\/jamie-edwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Learning Environment Assistant<br \/>\nInformation Services<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/files\/2020\/03\/Jamie-Edwards-e1583419914866.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3106 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/files\/2020\/03\/Jamie-Edwards-e1583419914866-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 1.17em;margin-bottom: 1em\">Why do you want to be a straight ally?<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 1em 1em\">To support LGBT+ colleagues and students should they need my help, not just because it\u2019s the right thing to do but I have family and friends in the LGBT+ community; I\u2019d hope people would help and support them too if they needed it.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 1.17em;margin-bottom: 1em\">Why would straight people be involved in LGBT+ issues?<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 1em 1em\">Discrimination against people\u2019s sexuality or gender identity is unacceptable and we should do everything we can to combat intolerance where we find it; supporting the LGBT+ community also helps create a fairer and safer society for everyone.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 1.17em;margin-bottom: 1em\">What can straight allies do to make the University of Kent a better place for being an LGBT+ staff member?<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 1em 1em\">Be available to help, call out bad practices and support current LGBT+ causes.<\/div>\n<p>Jamie is happy to be contacted by email: <a href=\"mailto:jae26@kent.ac.uk\">jae26@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning Environment Assistant Information Services Why do you want to be a straight ally? To support LGBT+ colleagues and students should they need my help, not just because it\u2019s the right thing to do but I have family and friends &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/role-models\/jamie-edwards\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"parent":3133,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3245,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3224\/revisions\/3245"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}